Hat-securer



(No Model.)

H. ASTRICH. HAT SBGURBR.

No. 534,989. Patented Mar. 5, 1895.

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Um ra STATES ATENT HERMAN ASTRICH, OE HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAT-SECURER.

SREGIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,989, dated March 5, 1895.

Application filed August 31, 1894. Serial No. 521,841. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN ASTRICH, a citizen of the United States, residing at I-Iarrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Hat-Securer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of hat securers which are connected to the hat by means of an elastic band and which are adapted to be engaged with the hair of the wearer; the principle object being to make the pin capable of easier movement in the applying operation.

To this end the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, which will be more fully described hereinafter and finally embodied in the claim.

In the drawings:--Figure 1 represents aperspective View of my complete arrangement. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section of the pin, illustratin g the formation thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a hat showing the mode of applying the securer thereto.

The pin portion of the device consists of a U-shaped pin, a, constructed after the manner of the usual hairpin, and having formed therein a slot 1), extending from a point near one end of the pin to a point around the bend thereof. This slot 1), is disposed at right angles to the aligning line of the arms of the pin, and has its ends closed, or out of communication with the exterior sides of the pin.

0, indicates an elastic strap, which is passed through the slot 17, of the pin, which is of such a size as to be movable throughout the length of the slot. The ends of the strap 0 are to be secured to the hat as shown in Fig. 3 so thatthe pin will be connected to the hat by the strap.

In the use of the invention a hat is usually provided with two pins, and the hat after being placed on the wearershead secured by passing the pins upward into the hair, as is well known in the art. The pin is constructed of metal, by preference, but this is not essential, since shell, celluloid, wood or any other such substances could be employed with equal facility.

It is understood, of course, that the pin is adapted for use by ladies exclusively, and on hats, as distinguished from bonnets, caps, data. By means of the slot for slidably connecting the pin to the band the former is allowed free movement thereon, thus allowing the device to be applied with greater ease, and when applied to hold more securely.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- A hatsecurer consisting of a U-shaped pin adapted to be inserted in the wearers hat and having formed therein a slot extending from the end of one arm to and through the bend of the pin, and an elastic strap passed through the slot and adapted to have its ends secured to the hat, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HERMAN ASTRIGH.

Witnesses:

THos. W. WENTZEL, S. A. HoLTz. 

